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Tuesday, 4 September 2012

I went to the Paralympics last night to watch some swimming events. I have never been to an international swim meet before, so was unsure what to expect. The one thing that will live long in my memory is the screaming and shouting that came from the audience especially when Ellie Simmonds won Gold - it was ear-piercing and you just don't get to hear that level on the television - the atmosphere was electric...

Arrival at the Olympic Park - lots of people dressed for theoccasion in Union flags and logos

The Aquatics Centre

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Inside the Aquatics Centre

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View from my seat, high up in the auditorum - 165 steps up to be exact - I was surprised I could still speak when I got to my seat!!

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Team GB

Winner of the Mens 200 metre individual medley and the start of 11 world records set during last nights meet

Sascha Kindred of GB wins a silver medal

Ellie Simmonds - the Team GB Paralympic poster girl arrives for her race

Getting ready for the race - 200 metre women's individual medley

They're off and Ellie's in the water first.I don't have any photographs of the end of the race. Half waythrough the race everyone was on their feet, shouting and screamingwaving their Union flags and taking a photograph was the lastthing on my mind... but suffice to say she won and set a newworld record!

Medal ceremony

Ellie Simmonds being handed her gold medal by the Prime Minister- David Cameron

Flag ceremony

The Orbit at night

The Olympic Stadium at night

Just a few more days now until the end of the Paralympics. The Paralympic track and road cycle races start tomorrow and run for the next three days and my home town will be at the centre of it all with the races taking place just over the hill from where I live - approximately 2 miles as the crow flies... but I have to go to work :-( The flags and bunting are fluttering and the railway station is ready for the 7,500 people each day expected to pass through, whilst I will be fighting may way through the station concourse... in the opposite direction LOL.

I am so pleased I made the effort to go and the long, long queue for the trains home was well worth it.

Thursday, 30 August 2012

Traditional QuiltsThere were a surprising number of quilts using the hexagon shape this year. Some of the quilts looked quite old (I recognised quite a few fabrics that I still have in my stash from the late 1980's, early 1990's which was fun to see).

Later, by happy happenstance, I discovered that I also had photographed the winners of the Amateur Quilt of the Year, so I obviously had agreed with the judges on this occasion!

Crop Circle, Woolstone Hill, 13 August 2005Joanne Shapp, North Pomfret, USASomehow I cannot help thinking that this should really have been in theContemporary Quilts class

Close-up of Crop Circle

Flower of 13115 Pieces and PeaceHiromi Yokota, Yokohama, Japan

Close-up of Flower of 13115 Pieces and Peace

Song of the EarthLiz Jones, Leominster

Close-up of Song of the Earth

Birds in the ForestJennifer Bacon, Victoria, Australia

Close-up of Birds in the Forest

Is it a sampler?Sue Cook, Moreton in Marsh

PilaniPippa Moss, Woodbridge

KomorebiShizuyo Morishita, Tokyo, Japan2nd in the category and my favourite!1st prize for Amateur Quilt of the Year

Just Takes 2

American Quilt Study Group

Trailing Vines

About Me

I am primarily a quilter, but I also like to cross-stitch, knit, spin and tend my garden. I am interested in 18th & 19th century quilts and will travel hundreds of miles to see Baltimore Album Quilts! I am also renovating my 330 year-old cottage